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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a deferral?
(a) A refusal to submit to an event.
(b) A postponement of a payment or event.
(c) A set of travel papers.
(d) A set of citizen papers.

2. In chapter 15, why does Tommy think he has blown his future by refusing to participate in art at Hailsham?
(a) They have nothing to help choose when he should become a carer.
(b) They have nothing to determine if he should be a donor.
(c) They have nothing to earn money for his care.
(d) He has nothing they can use to determine if he should get a deferment.

3. In chapter 13, why does Ruby become irate when Kathy suggests they switch seats?
(a) Ruby does not want Kathy growing closer to Tommy.
(b) Ruby does not want Kathy to grow close to Rodney.
(c) Ruby does not like Kathy.
(d) Ruby does not like Rodney.

4. In chapter 16, who does Ruth think will be Tommy's next girlfriend when she breaks up with him?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Laura.
(c) Moira.
(d) Chrissie.

5. How does Kathy find herself on Ruth's good books at the end of part one?
(a) By stealing a pencil case from Miss Geraldine.
(b) By stealing a forbidden tape of music.
(c) By getting Ruth and Tommy back together.
(d) By getting Tommy to work his art again.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 16, what does the narrator suggest is bothering Tommy?

2. How long after the secret guard ended did Ruth appear in class with a pencil case?

3. Who decides to comfort Tommy at the end of chapter 1 during his temper tantrum?

4. Who tells Chrissie and Rodney that the students at Hailsham were told about deferrals in chapter 13?

5. In chapter 15, what does Tommy tell Kathy that he heard Miss Emily said about the artwork Madame took from the school?

(see the answer key)

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